Step 10: Bonus round: The Borg Cube

Step 11:

Now, take a bow. Bask in your glory. If you like this, feel free to drop a note! Enjoy!

Unless you have been in a cave since 2006 or so, you have likely seen the various postings of instructions on how to make a small USS Enterprise from the metal bits of a 3-1/2 Inch Floppy Disk. If you have been in a cave since then, I trust that you have been making far more interesting widgets, Mr. Stark.

The oldest references I could find for the Floppy Disk USS Enterprise are these:Here!Here!

For those too young to remember the floppy disk, it was the pinnacle of 1980's file transfer technology. You may recognize it as resembling the cryptic "Save" icon used in software still. Over time it became less floppy, but smaller. It was a simpler time when files were smaller than 1.44Mb and placing your backpack on a strong magnet would make your thesis disappear. It eventually became the 3-1/2 inch wide plastic square seen in the image with a metal hub for the magnetic disk inside and a metal sliding door that was just asking to be opened. Opening the door revealed the magic black insides that, when touched, made your thesis also disappear.

By 2006 there were vast numbers of these disks that held obsolete files and poor quality vido games. Desperate to find a use for them, Floppy Disk Crafting was born. You can still find them in old desk drawers, backs of computer stores, and some specialized applications where they might still be used. Use them while they are still out there!

You may be thinking, "Where are the Star Wars models?" or "How are you reading my thoughts?" The answer is "Here." and "With the Force."

In this Instructable we will go through the steps to make a TIE Advanced X1 as seen piloted by Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and an Imperial Shuttle.

As a bonus, I will also include, at no extra charge, a super secret bonus model. (If you skip to the end you will find out it is a Borg Cube from Star Trek)

Great Work! (this is the first time I reply :D) That is some creativity. I took the liberty to mod a bit the Shuttle... I found some of Floppy's had a black plastic door, quite britle, so I used a cutter to shape it and metal scissors to cut incissions (to make the cockpit) and the wings, and used the black plastic to make the top wing... hope you like it as much as I do. Thanks for sharing

Yes I did. I believe it is for the first 50 featured entries for the week. I saw that your post was featured, so if you don't get a message in your email or your Instructables messages then I would contact them to find out what is going on.

I got the email telling me that I won a free print, answered that I wanted to print my own design still waiting for a follow up reply. However this is all as well because my model isn't finished yet. What did you print?